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Leptobrachium leishanense

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Mesobatrachia
Familia: Megophryidae
Genus: Leptobrachium
Species: Leptobrachium leishanense

Name

Leptobrachium leishanense Liu & Hu in Hu, Zhao & Liu, 1973

Type locality: "Ge-tou of Fang-xiang, Leishan hsien, Kweichow [= Guizhou], altitude 1,100 m", China.

Holotype: CIB 639000.

Synonyms

* Vibrissaphora leishanensis Liu & Hu in Hu, Zhao & Liu, 1973
* Leptobrachium (Leptobrachium) leishanense — Dubois, 1980
* Leptobrachium (Vibrissaphora) leishanensis — Dubois & Ohler, 1998
* Leptobrachium leishanense — Rao & Wilkinson, 2008


References

* Liu and Hu in Hu, Zhao, and Liu, 1973, Acta Zool. Sinica, 19: 165.
* Dubois and Ohler, 1998, Dumerilia, 4: 19.
* Rao and Wilkinson, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 46: 69.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Leptobrachium leishanense . Accessed on 19 July 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Leptobrachium leishanense (Endangered) Downloaded on 11 June 2008.


Vernacular names
English: Leishan Spiny Toad

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